Tool.



J. R.` MORRIS.

TooL. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1906.

8699s l Patented Mar.7,1911."

entre JOHN R. MORRIS, OF JEWELL CITY, KANSAS.

TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '7, 1911.

Application led September 26, 1905. i Serial No. 280,195.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jewell City, in the county of Jewell and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tools.

The object of my invention is to provide a tool that may be used for a variety of purposes.

The novel features of construction are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the dotted line a-b of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dotted line @wd of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference denote similar parts.

1 and 2 denote respectively two arms hinged to each other by a transverse bolt 3, adjacent sides of the arms being circularly recessed and halved together in the manner common with tools of this character.

The arm 1 is provided with a fixed jaw 6 having a flat face disposed at right angles to the longitudinal center of the tool. The arm 2 has longitudinal guides 12 on which is slidably mounted a jaw 8 having a fiat face cooperating with the fixed jaw G and disposed parallel therewith when the arms 1 and 2 are in the closed position. The arm 2 below the guides 12 is provided -with a lug 14. In the aw 8 is a longitudinal screw threaded hole 15 in which is fitted a rotary adjusting screw 13, which is also rotatively mounted in a hole provided therefor in the lug 14. Bearing against the side of the lug 14 nearest the jaw 8 is a milled ring 16 which is rigidly secured to the rod 13 and by which said rod may be turned. The rod 13 at the other side of the lug 14 is screw threaded, and has secured to its threaded portion a nut 17 which bears against the lug 14. For swinging the arms 1 and 2 relative to each other and locking them in the adjusted positions, a thumb screw 18 is rotatively mounted in a transverse hole in the armv 2 and has its threaded portion rotatively fitted in a threaded transverse hole in the arm 1. A iiat spring 19 may be secured to the arm 2 and bear against the arm 1 for forcing the arms 1 and 2 apart. AThe spring 19 may be omitted. The screw 18 is preferably provided with a fixed collar 21 which bears against the inner side of the arm 2 for forcing the arms 1 and 2 apart when the screw 18 is turned in the proper direction.

With the arms 1 and 2 having the jaws 6 and 8, as shown and described, a convenient form of monkey wrench is obtained. By properly turning the screw 18 the adjacent faces of the jaws 6 and 8 may be positioned parallel with each other or at angles to each other, as the case may require. The inner sides of the arms 1 and 2 may be provided with curved screw threaded recesses 4, which may cooperate to form threading dies. The jaws 1 and 2 may be provided respectively with jaws 5 and 7 having transverse teeth 9 and serving as alligator jaws. The arms 1 and 2 intermediate of the jaws 6 and 'T may be provided with fla-t face pincer jaws 10, and with cutting edges 11 for wire cutting. The lower end of the arm 2 may be beveled to form a screw driver 22. The inner side of the arm 1 may have on its inner' side opposite the screw driver 22 a series of transverse teeth 23 which cooperate with the arm 2 to form a means for gripping nuts and the like.

Various modifica-tions of my invention may be resorted to without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A tool having two arms pivoted to each other in crossed relation to each other, one arm having a fixed jaw with a flat face disposed at right angles tothe longitudinal center of the tool, the other arm having a lateral lug` and longitudinal guides, a jaw slid said lug` relative to which the rod is longiable on said guides and having a liat face eotudinally immovable. 10 operating with the fixed jaw and disposed In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature, parallel therewith when the arms are in in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

the closed position, said slidalole aw having JOHN R. MOR-RIS.

a longitudinal threaded hole, and a threaded Vitnesses:

adjusting rod rotatively fitted in said W. F. MORRIS,

threaded hole and rotatively mounted in W. H. JosLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of 'Patents Washington, I). C. 

